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- uncountablepride in the upkeep of one's home; the quality of being house-proud
In the West Riding also the woman's real domain was still the home, and her daily experience one of housepride and fatigue.
1982, Patrick Joyce, Work, society and politics: the culture of the factory in later Victorian England, page 114
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housepride. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/housepride
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